Puyo Puyo
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| developer | Compile (1991-2000), Sonic Team (from 2001) |
| Publisher |
 Sega
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| First title | Puyo Puyo (1991) |
| Last title | Puyo Puyo Tetris (2014) |
| Platform (s) | MSX2 , Arcade Game , Mega Drive , PC Engine , SNES , Game Boy , PC-9801 , Game Gear , N-Gage , PlayStation , Sega Saturn , Neo Geo Pocket Color , Wonderswan , Nintendo 64 , Game Boy Color , Dreamcast , Game Boy Advance , Windows , Mac OS X , PlayStation 2 , PlayStation Portable , Xbox , GameCube , Wii , Nintendo DS , Nintendo Switch |
| Genre (s) | puzzle |
Puyo Puyo ( Japanese ぷ よ ぷ よ ), also known as Puyo Pop , is a puzzle game that was published by Compile for various game consoles from 1991 onwards . The chief developer was Masamitsu "Moo" Niitani .
Before the games in the series were renamed Puyo Pop outside of Japan , versions appeared under the names of Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine ( Sega Mega Drive ), Kirby's Ghost Trap (in the US Kirby's Avalanche , SNES ) and Puzlow Kids ( Game Gear ).
It is based on the characters of the role-playing game series Madō Monogatari , which also comes from the pen of Masamitsu "Moo" Niitani.
Gameplay
Similar to the strategy classic Tetris , falling blocks (here Puyos ) have to be sorted by color. However, you always play against a virtual or human opponent. As soon as four or more stones of the same color come together, they dissolve and, if necessary, trigger a chain reaction as the puyos slide down further, which creates so-called sturgeon puyos on the playing field , which can only be removed there by another chain reaction. The player whose field is completely filled first has lost.
Games
- Puyo Puyo - MSX2 , NES (1991)
- Puyo Puyo - Arcade Game , Mega Drive , PC Engine , SNES , Game Boy , PC-9801 , Game Gear , N-Gage (2003)
- Puyo Puyo 2 - Arcade Game, Mega Drive, SNES, PlayStation , Sega Saturn (1995), Game Boy, Neo Geo Pocket Color , Wonderswan (1990)
- Puyo Puyo Sun - Arcade Game (1996), Sega Saturn (1997), PlayStation (1997), Nintendo 64 (1997), Game Boy Color , PC (1997)
- Puyo Puyo ~ n - Dreamcast , Playstation, Nintendo 64 (1999)
- Puyo Puyo Box - PlayStation (2000)
- Minna de Puyo Puyo / Puyo Pop - Game Boy Advance (2001)
- Puyo Puyo Fever - Arcade Game (2003), Dreamcast, Windows 98SE / Me / 2000 / XP , Mac OS X , PlayStation 2 , PlayStation Portable , Xbox , GameCube , Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS (2004)
- Puyo Puyo Fever 2 - PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable (2005)
- Puyo Puyo 15th Anniversary - Nintendo DS (2006), PlayStation 2, Wii (2007), PlayStation Portable (2008)
- Puyo Puyo 7 - Nintendo DS, Wii, PlayStation Portable (2009)
- Puyo Puyo Tetris - Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox One (2014), Nintendo Switch (2017), Windows ( Steam , 2018)
Licensed games
- Puyo Wars - Game Boy Color (1999)
- Arle's Jewel Adventure - Game Boy Color (2000)
- Waku Waku Puyo Dungeon - Sega Saturn, PlayStation
- Puyo Puyo Da! - Dreamcast, arcade game (1999)
- Nazo Puyo - Game Gear
- Nazo Puyo 2 - Game Gear
- Nazo Puyo: Arle's Roux - Game Gear
- Super Nazo Puyo - SNES
- Super Nazo Puyo 2 - SNES
Modifications
- Kirby's Ghost Trap (Europe) / Kirby's Avalanche (USA) - SNES
- Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine - Mega Drive , Game Gear , via the Virtual Console on Nintendo Wii & Nintendo 3DS
Characters
- Arle Nadja
- She is the heroine of the game, a young girl with magical powers. She has the special attacks "Fire!" and "Ice Storm!" pronounced.
- Carbuncle
- This always grinning character is the show's mascot. Also known as Car-kun, he always accompanies Arle on her adventures.
- Skeleton -T
- A living skeleton who is unlikely to enjoy tea. You can see him with a cup of tea at every game.
- Minotaur
- A Minotaur who is Rulue's bodyguard and servant.
- Rulue
- She is Arle's rival and in love with Satan, for whom she would do anything. She has a minotaur as a bodyguard who takes care of her and looks less like a ruthless monster.
- Draco Centaur
- A psychopathic dragon lady who wishes to be pretty but loses her confidence in the presence of other girls, whereupon she has to challenge them.
- Seriri
- A paranoid little mermaid who cannot make friends because she thinks they want to eat her. She believes this because she has heard that eating mermaids is said to bring immortality.
- Harpy
- An angelic being, whose preference is to sing at every opportunity. But the others can't even hear her singing because she often makes crooked notes.
- Satan
- The main villain who is after Carbuncle and has a penchant for Hawaiian shirts.
Web links
- Official Website (Japanese)
- Puyo Puyo at MobyGames (English)
- FloboPuyo , one under GPL standing clone for Windows, Macintosh and Linux